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New Orleans native Thais Kay Cuffy sticks to one simple rule: Live life like its golden. On a quest for all things unique, inspiring and beautiful, Thais explores her current city of Atlanta in search of delicious food, interesting art, happening music, boutique shopping, and eclectic neighborhoods. A graduate of Oglethorpe University with degrees in Communications and French, Thais is Marketing Manager for a CRM software company, and has been freelance writing since graduating college. With a special interest in language and culture, Thais travels as far and as frequently as her pocketbook allows. Recent adventures have led her to Thailand, South Korea and Germany. In her spare time, Thais reads voraciously, attempts the asanas of hot yoga, and espouses the benefits of drinking tea. If you have an special event or business you'd like covered on Ask Miss A, contact Thais at tkcuffy@gmail.com or on Twitter @thaiscuffy.

Heat Up Your Fitness Routine With Atlanta Hot Yoga

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Of all the yoga studios in Atlanta offering this practice of mind, body and spirit, one in particular is heating up the yogi community: Atlanta Hot Yoga. With classes designed for everyone from newbies to the most advanced, Atlanta Hot Yoga adds a twist: heating up the studio to a steamy 90-105 degrees. Along [...]

Vanpooling: A Commute Alternative

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Have you ever been stuck in metro Atlanta traffic during an hour-long commute thinking of A) how much money you are wasting on gas, B) how car pollution is affecting the environment, or C) how many other productive things you could be doing? With Atlanta making the Top 10 list for American cities with [...]

The Atlanta Food Truck Movement

Atlanta Food Truck

Atlanta Food Truck

Food trucks have long been a staple in cities like New York and Los Angeles where grabbing a quick, tasty bite is essential to life on-the-go. A few years ago, the Atlanta food truck movement caught a spark as entrepreneurs realized how street food could enhance the cultural landscape of [...]

Breakthrough Talent: Fashion Designer Angelica Cuervo

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Rising design star Angelica Cuervo is the winner of this year’s Fashion Uncorked, a high profile fashion event to benefit Easter Seals of North Georgia. Ten finalists created two jewel-inspired looks and competed for an all-expense-paid trip to New York City to shadow a famous designer. Fresh from design school, Angelica wowed the crowd [...]

Go. Eat. Give: An International Movement Connecting People, Places & Palates

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There are some people in this world who seem destined to find what they love early on and just do it – those who don’t ask “what if,” but rather “why not” and “when.” Such is the case for Sucheta Rawal, a young Atlanta professor, writer and cooking instructor who has established Go Eat [...]

Midtown Pop-Up Offers Unique Shopping Experience

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Midtown Pop-Up. “Weddings & Special Events” is the theme of this unique shopping experience where one-of-a-kind jewelry and dress designers, florists, bakers, spas, event planners and photographers offer wedding-related goods and services in one location, for one weekend only. There is even a beauty bar with mini spa treatments and an artist market! If [...]

Orchid Daze at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

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As if strolling in the Atlanta Botanical Garden wasn’t stimulating enough, stepping into the Orchid Daze exhibit is like being transported to the lush tropics by simply counting to three. Temperate and misty like the forests of Brazil or the mountains of Hawaii, Orchid Daze is an astonishing exhibition of one the world’s most [...]

Spanish Harlem Brings Latin Flavor to Edgewood

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Spanish Harlem Restaurant is bringing a taste of the famous New York City neighborhood to Edgewood in Downtown Atlanta. Occupying the same space as former soul food bistro Harlem Bar, Spanish Harlem features new décor, sophisticated Spanish-Caribbean cuisine, hot Latin music, and classic Spanish-language films. In a word, the new restaurant and bar is [...]

10 Best Places for Al Fresco Dining and Cocktailing in Atlanta

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Spring has arrived! With temperatures nearing 70 degrees this week, Atlantans are shedding their layers and anxiously awaiting the first dogwood blossoms of the season. We are feeling the basic human need to be outside in full sunlight, breathing fresh air and letting the winter blues just melt away. I can think [...]

Fashion Uncorked: High Design to Benefit Easter Seals

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Atlanta’s fashion elite will gather on Saturday, February 19th for Fashion Uncorked, a high profile, “project runway”-style fashion show to benefit Easter Seals of North Georgia. Ten design finalists will present original looks and compete for the chance to win an all-expense-paid, behind-the-scenes studio tour with an international fashion designer in New York City.

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